Weak localization in twisted double bilayer graphene

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Abstract

Stacking two Bernal-stacked bilayer graphene sheet together with a twist angle θ makes a twisted double bilayer graphene (tDBG); adding top and back gates enables the Moire-modified band structure to be tuned independent of the filling of those bands. In tDBG devices with θ~1.2-1.3°, the first Moire conduction band is nearly flat and isolated fron neighboring bands over a narrow range of perpendicular displacement field, where correlated insulator and correlated metallic phases appear and where spin and/or valley symmetries are believed to be broken. Here, we present an investigation of low field magnetoresistance on tDBG devices down to 20mK. The data display a weak localization (WL) correction throughout most of the correlated metal phase, mapping out regions in which time reversal symmetry is intact; outside of the correlated metal phase, the WL correction is rarely seen. Modifications to the WL correction due to proximal WSe2 will also be discussed.

*Thanks to:European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 951541.Stewart Blusson Quantum Matter InstituteNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaCanada Foundation for InnovationCanadian Institute for Advanced Research

Presenters

  • Zhenxiang Gao

    • University of British Columbia

Authors

  • Zhenxiang Gao

    • University of British Columbia